On Tuesday, July 1st, the United States Men’s National Soccer team will go head-to-head with the men from Belgium in a battle to advance in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. VPI searched through its database of more than 500,000 insured pets to determine which squad has the best chance to come out victorious based on pet name popularity.
Here is a full breakdown of the results:
| 2014 FIFA World Cup ™ |
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| Belgium | Advantage | United States | |||
| Pets Named After | # | Belgium | USA | # | Pets Named After |
| Popular Food: “Waffle” |
21 | ? | 3 | Popular Food: “Hot Dog” |
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| Star Player: “Axel” Witsel |
146 | ? | 85 | Star Player: Clint “Dempsey” |
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| Team Nickname: “Red” Devils |
134 | ? | 236 | Team Nickname: “Stars” and Stripes |
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| Most Capped Player: “Jan” Ceulemans |
4 | ? | 12 | Most Capped Player: “Cobi” Jones |
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| All-time Top Goalscorer: “Bernard” Voorhoof |
55 | ? | 29 | All-time Top Goalscorer: Landon “Donovan” |
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| Overall | 360 | ? | 365 | Overall | |
While the pet name competition was tight, popular breeds of origin from each country are a bit more lopsided. Here is a list of five most popular dog breeds from each country, ranked in order enrolled pets with VPI:
Dog Breeds from Belgium:
Brussels griffon -539
Bouvier des Flandres -266
Schipperke -206
Belgian tervuren -135
Belgian sheepdog -58
Dog Breeds from United States:
Boston terrier -4,719
Rat terrier -1,290
American Staffordshire terrier -972
American Eskimo dog -869
Chesapeake Bay retriever -596
Who do you think will be this year’s winner of the FIFA World Cup? Give us your prediction in the comments below. For more information about choosing the right name for your pet, please visit the Pet HealthZone:
http://www.petinsurance.com/healthzone/pet-articles/new-pets/How-We-Name-Our-Pets.aspx
